Boronia barrettiorum Duretto

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, simple or compound, 10-35 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, with 3 leaflets, each 5-20 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 5-15 mm long; calyx present, 2.5-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla white or cream or green, petals four, 2.5-3.5 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, hairy. Flowers in January. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).